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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2014, Vol. 13 Issue (10): 2170-2176    DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(14)60838-8
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Global Analysis of Cytosine Methylation and Proteome Under Cold Treatment in Brassica napus
 WEI Fang, HU Jie, CUI Ming-zhu, ZHANG Yan-hui, LI Yun-ling , TIAN Bao-ming
1、School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P.R.China
2、Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, Zhengzhou 450001, P.R.China
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摘要  Cytosine methylation/demethylation plays pivotal roles in regulating gene expression at a genome-wide level. However, limited reports are available to reveal correlating changes of cytosine methylation and proteomic expression in Brassica napus so far. Therefore, in the present study, global cytosine methylation and proteome were analysed in B. napus after cold treatment by methylation-sensitive amplified polymorphism (MSAP) and two-dimensional protein electrophoresis technology (2-DE). The results showed that the lowered genome-wide DNA methylation status was revealed after cold treatment, and about 0.88% of discrepancy in DNA methylation was detected between the non-flowering and flowering plants after cold treatment. Moreover, the 52 significantly up-regulated proteins emerged in comparison with the 36 down-regulated proteins, as well as the 14 proteins exclusively detected in the flowering plants. Intriguingly the 8 specifically expressed proteins in the non-flowering plants disappeared in the flowering plants with cold treatment. Therefore, these present data proved that the correlating changes of cytosine methylation and proteomic expression were evidenced under cold treatment in B. napus.

Abstract  Cytosine methylation/demethylation plays pivotal roles in regulating gene expression at a genome-wide level. However, limited reports are available to reveal correlating changes of cytosine methylation and proteomic expression in Brassica napus so far. Therefore, in the present study, global cytosine methylation and proteome were analysed in B. napus after cold treatment by methylation-sensitive amplified polymorphism (MSAP) and two-dimensional protein electrophoresis technology (2-DE). The results showed that the lowered genome-wide DNA methylation status was revealed after cold treatment, and about 0.88% of discrepancy in DNA methylation was detected between the non-flowering and flowering plants after cold treatment. Moreover, the 52 significantly up-regulated proteins emerged in comparison with the 36 down-regulated proteins, as well as the 14 proteins exclusively detected in the flowering plants. Intriguingly the 8 specifically expressed proteins in the non-flowering plants disappeared in the flowering plants with cold treatment. Therefore, these present data proved that the correlating changes of cytosine methylation and proteomic expression were evidenced under cold treatment in B. napus.
Keywords:  DNA methylation/demethylation       MSAP       2-DE       cold treatment       Brassica napus  
Received: 24 September 2013   Accepted:
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The authors are grateful to a grant of the National Key Technology R&D Program of China (2010BAD01B02) and a fund from the foundation of Postgraduate Research Program of Zhengzhou University, China (12L00403).

Corresponding Authors:  TIAN Bao-ming, Tel/Fax: +86-371-67739513, E-mai: tianbm@zzu.edu.cn     E-mail:  tianbm@zzu.edu.cn
About author:  WEI Fang, E-mail: fangwei@zzu.edu.cn; These authors contributed equally to this study.

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WEI Fang, HU Jie, CUI Ming-zhu, ZHANG Yan-hui, LI Yun-ling , TIAN Bao-ming. 2014. Global Analysis of Cytosine Methylation and Proteome Under Cold Treatment in Brassica napus. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 13(10): 2170-2176.

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